For the list of Gospel passages used in Years A,B and C click here
Easter to Pentecost Good Friday John 18:1 - 19:42 Mark 15:11-15 used
Easter to Pentecost Good Friday John 18:1 - 19:42 Mark 15:11-15 used
The Tragedy and Triumph (YB No 113)
The Tragedy and Triumph (YB No 113)
When we visit Calvary
When we visit Calvary
There we see such tragedy;
There we see such tragedy;
Hear the shouts to ‘Crucify’;
Hear the shouts to ‘Crucify’;
Feel the hate intensify;
Feel the hate intensify;
There stands Jesus silently;
There stands Jesus silently;
Left alone so dreadfully.
Left alone so dreadfully.
When we visit Calvary
When we visit Calvary
There we see brutality;
There we see brutality;
Public torture, curse and shame;
Public torture, curse and shame;
Insurrection was the claim.
Insurrection was the claim.
Victim of grim treachery;
Victim of grim treachery;
Jesus suffered frightfully.
Jesus suffered frightfully.
When we visit Calvary
When we visit Calvary
There we see gross agony;
There we see gross agony;
Yet he asked, with shattered limb,
Yet he asked, with shattered limb,
Pardon for those killing him.
Pardon for those killing him.
Love born from a travesty!
Love born from a travesty!
Grace from inhumanity!
Grace from inhumanity!
Sometimes right and wrong collide;
Sometimes right and wrong collide;
Then we’re shown ‘the crucified’;
Then we’re shown ‘the crucified’;
Love can always come to life
Love can always come to life
In hostility and strife;
In hostility and strife;
When we visit Calvary
When we visit Calvary
Love explodes from cruelty.
Love explodes from cruelty.
Tune Redhead (Petra) AHB 157 TiS 222
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